Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) reported Thursday that the county has surpassed 16,000 cumulative COVID-19 deaths.
An additional 6,592 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Thursday, along with 213 deaths, according to the LADPH.
The new cases reported today bring the county’s cumulative total to 1,097,941 positive cases of COVID-19 and 16,107 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the department.
“To continue to drive down transmission, we all must commit to taking the actions that work to slow COVID-19 spread,” said LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer in a statement Thursday. “When more sectors re-open the risk of COVID-19 transmission increases, because people are interacting more with non-household members. In order to avoid re-openings resulting in increases in cases, businesses and individuals need to be more diligent, not less, in following public health measures.”
As of Thursday, there were 6,026 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 26 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
“We have a way to go before our hospitals are not stressed and fewer people die each day,” Ferrer said. “Staying on a recovery journey is only possible if we all play by the rules.”
Testing results are available for over 5,446,000 people, with 19 percent of people testing positive.
According to California health officials, the Southern California Region has 0.0% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of Thursday.
Residents are encouraged to continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to not gather in crowds, stay home when sick, wear a face covering and maintain physical distance from others when outside of the home.
On Thursday, 139 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 22,838 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 17,038 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+107)
- 40 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 689 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+8)
- 3,384 in Castaic* (+11)
- 61 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 116 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+2)
- 29 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 931 in Stevenson Ranch (+10)
- 157 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
- 267 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+1)
- 13 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 13 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
In nearby Acton, there have been 389 (+1) cumulative cases, as well as 21 cases in Agua Dulce (+6).
*As of Tuesday, Jan. 26, public health officials have recorded 1,956 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,425 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
There were 74 COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Thursday, Jan. 28, while 992 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.
Three additional deaths were reported Thursday, with a total of 116 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 194 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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